ST JJ Abrams to direct Episode VII

Good god I'm tired of the lens flare posts.

 

It has everything to do with it. Our reactions to any developments regarding Episodes VII-IX are inevitably going to be colored by our reactions to Episodes I-III. And you may not like bashing, and I'm sorry for that, but many of us were profoundly disappointed by the PT and we have no intention of going through that hell again. And we know that those disappointments ultimately came down to bad or misguided creative decisions on the part of the people making it. When we felt uncertain about those decisions at the time, we were told to trust them and their creative abilities to pull it all off. By giving them the benefit of the doubt, we were ultimately left with a sub-par product.

Not this time. This time, if we so much as sense something going wrong on the ST, we're going to raise our voices about it. Every decision, from the choice of director and writer all the way down to the choice of the caterers and the grips, will be subjected to the highest scrutiny - not may be, will be. So far, I'm happy to say, we've gotten news of nothing but good and/or sound creative decisions: Kennedy as showrunner, Arndt as writer, possibly Struzan as poster artist, etc. But we know exactly how important the decision of a director is for any film, and particularly for this kind of film, and yes, if we don't care for a decision, we're going to bash it. I cannot and will not make any apologies about it; I will certainly apologize that it distresses you, but I can't apologize for subjecting these films, and these people, to scrunity that LFL has legitimately earned over the last decade.

 

I have a feeling it's one of those things I wouldn't notice if people here weren't making a fuss over it.

 

I base my confidence in Abram, not on what he did with Trek,but what he did with Super 8. With Super 8, JJ managed to create a film that felt authentic, childhood magic. It was nearly pitch perfect, nearly. It's because of that film that know he's right for Star Wars.

 

Honestly, JJ has willing put himself on the firing line. He knew there would be backlash, he knows that if EP 7 flops or doesn't deliver he will be hated forever. He knows that even WHEN he does amazing and causes EP 7 to beat out Titanic, Avatar, and Avengers for #1 Box Office, and deliver us the greatest SW movie to date that there would still be haters, whether it is because he is JJ Abrams or because they have a problem with Sith re-emerging after Vader ends the Rule of Two, or whatever reason.

That being said, what's bigger news, women being allowed into combat roles in the US Military? It should be, but nope
JJ Directing EP 7? Yup! Oh our priorities.

 

The rumors are pointing to a female Skywalker and not anyone created by the books. After all, they don't want to have to pay any royalties to the creators or give them some kind of credited position in the movie.

 

Yeah, anything you create while liscensed to write SW EU are property of SW and not of the artist... Pretty sure Zahn does't get credit for Coruscant or the Republic comic writers for Alaya Secura

 

Has anyone made an "lol lens flare" joke yet? If not, err... lol lens flare.

 

I'm not a big fan of JJ. I don't like lens flare or shaky cam.
Although JJ doesn't understand trek, i think he does wars. I doubt he could do worse than Lucas so I'm ok with it. Not the best director by far, but not the worse either.

 

You don't even want to know. Yes... Tired of it already but since it is your first. I will give it to you

 

Cool news. A talented director that, crucially, is a fan of the franchise! Just need confirmation that casting is sorted and I'll give Cartman a call and get him to talk me through the freezing process

 

I didn't think his Trek was bad. I felt he was able to get the character scenes down very well. It helped that Karl Urban was able to do a pitch-perfect McCoy, but the others all felt faithful to the source.

The weakness of the film, for me, was its cinematography, especially in space. I have the feeling he wanted to show the vastness of space, and the lack of up/down. I also think he wanted to try a new visual language for Trek. Let's face it, from a visual standpoint, the franchise hadn't really evolved much past The Wrath of Kahn. But it came across as muddled. And, of course, the ubiquitous lens flare.

I think that he'll do fine with Star Wars. It's not a hard visual style to nail down, and he has six films to use as reference. I wouldn't be surprised if he tried tweaking it a bit, but I don't think he'll do much, if any, of the spinning camera/no up or down/holy crap, lens flare stuff that he did in Trek.

My hope is that we have a decent childhood-to-maturity intro to the new hero(ine), like we had with Kirk and Spock. It was sorely needed with Anakin between TPM and AotC. I'm also all but certain that the characters will actually, you know, emote. Much of the PT had the emotional intensity of a session of Congress debating a new farm bill.

 

As someone who is totally fine with the Abrams news.... with alot of people out there claiming "well at least he wont make something as bad as the last three!" I challenge JJ to make a film half as good as ROTS. How anyone could think Star Trek 09 was half as good as ROTS blows my mind. To be clear Star Trek 09 was decent. It was the best ST thing I have ever seen, but that isnt saying alot. But no way in hell it matched the epic awesomeness that was Revenge of the Sith. No way.

 

If true that is a LOT of of power from one person, being in control of both the Wars and Trek equals....

 

I just opened an account on this forum to specifically speak about the new trilogy. I've been reading/following these forums since 2004, before ROTS came out, and I've had an account before, but lost my info, so here I am. Reborn. Rebooted.

I think JJ Abrams is a solid pick. I would've preferred someone along the lines of Aronofsky, who could give us something very creative and compelling.

It amazes me that Abrams will go down in history for doing Star Trek AND Star Wars. If he succeeds with Star Wars, he will undoubtedly be the head member of the Nerd Hall of Fame.

I think we have a solid team in place for this next film. My main concerns are now towards the casting of the actors. I believe that JJ must've really liked the script to take part in this project, while he's also busy with so many pet projects and Star Trek. That's how we know we have something special in the works for us and generations to come.

Be excited, Star Wars fans. Is Abrams the BEST pick? No. Is he the SAFEST pick? Yes. Outside of Spielberg himself, JJ is the safest pick. George Lucas is still on as a creative consultant. I highly doubt they get rid of John Williams' score or the transitional wipes, the intricacies in dialogue that parallel between trilogies, Wilhelm scream, etc. I think it'll all be there. The usual tech, planets, GFFA lore will all be there.

Now our goal should be a STRONG villain. We need an earth-shattering villain, that can come in and give us something to remember.

I'm excited. You should all be excited too. The franchise is in GOOD hands. It could ALWAYS be worse. Kathleen Kennedy is going to do SW some justice.

 

Stawars E7 is gonna sell no matter what regardless of Jar... I mean Jay Jay. Whether it will be considered a good long term film or make people wanna go see the sequel is something else.

My guess is that it like his other stuff it will be a flashy, shallow and empty of any emotion with things not making sense cough StarTrek cough which and wll not age well at all.

 

Lens flare jokes stopped being funny in June 2009 people.

Because it wasn't the completely cheesy, utterly boring and awful crap that was Generations, or Nemesis, that's how it was bad.

 

There is still no evidence, none whatsoever. There is plenty of counter evidence from JJA himself. I'm still calling B.S. on this.

 

So then why would Jett Lucas & multiple friends of JJ all confirm it?

 

Star Trek/Star Wars Crossover????

Just kidding, at least I think that will never happen...

 

Alright, I hope he does a good job. I wonder how long until we start getting spoilers?

 

They could all be basing it on that report, even Jett Lucas. It's probably true but we have to wait for confirmation from Disney.

 

Knowing Abrams we won't know what the movie is about until six months after it comes out.